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Cleaning Laminate Wood Floors?

How do you clean your laminate wood floors?

We just 2 months ago replaced all the carpet in our home with laminate floors due to our son's allergies, and I had a hysterectomy in the spring (an now every time I do the floors my back really hurts horribly). Currently I sweep the floors, then go back over them with the swiffer, then polish them.

I vacuum mine and then 'mop' with my Shark steam cleaner that I LOVE! It just uses water, you throw the pads in the washer to clean and it does a great job; better than anything else I had used. Well worth it :)

I was advised not to use much water on them. Mine buckled a few months after installation, and I had never used anything except a Swiffer mop, but DuPont's person came out and ran around with some kind of meter and said I had been using too much water, so they wouldn't repair/replace them. They said to only dry mop them and just spot clean with a barely dampened cloth.